Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Cate takes Colorado

We just returned from Cate's first vacation to Colorado with her fan club, er cousins.


We stupidly decided not purchase Cate her own seat on the plane, and keeping her on our laps was a bit like wrestling a greased pig. While she did refrain from crying, she thought the whole thing was so exciting that she shrieked in ear-piercing tones for the first hour. Of course we felt so much better about this when the man sitting next to us announced that he and his wife had decided not to have children. Hmmm...I wonder why?!



But we did have a blast hiking, biking, swinging, swimming, petting every doggie in town and just generally lazing about! Here are some of the favorite pics from the week.







And in other BIG news...Cate took her first unassisted steps this week! Hopefully she will be more graceful than her mama who fell on her bum while hiking & has the world's largest bruise to prove it!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

We're back!

Well, Cate has been delinquent in keeping up with blog, but I've had a talk with her, and she has decided to be more cooperative going forward. And in an attempt to make amends, she even agreed to post some representive photos from the last 6 months.

Cate at 3 months. Favorite activity - bathtime!










Cate at 4 months. New skill - sitting up in her BebePod!


















Cate at 5 months. New skill - tasting toes...yummy!













Cate at 6 months. New skill - eating solids!





Cate at 6 months. Favorite activity - Jumperoo!


Cate at 7 months. New skill -- helping Mommy with laundry. Yeah, right, getting messy!







Cate at 7 months. Favorite activity - chasing kitties...through chairs!







Cate at 8 months. Favorite activity - swimming. I mean, splashing!



Cate at 9 months. Favorite activity -- long chats with kitty.